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				And the parasite pretending to be her dead friend was very Next Gen cliché and boring.
			
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 Absolutely agreed - it was for me, by far the worst mini-arc of the show...and the little chick the had playing her was just about as annoying as a mosquito flying near your ear at night. 
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				The Klingon with Ash story is rather blazé.
			
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 In season 1, I thought it was actually a good surprise. 
Now I'm wondering what will start the war with the Klingons that goes throughout TOS, since the empire has kind of taken a back seat this season. 
I kind of like that his human side has "taken over" the personality, but I'm not really certain of his alignment one way or another.
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				The Red Angel thing is OK as a vehicle so far, the tie into Spock and Michael's siblinghood is the most interesting part, but that's rolling out too slow for my taste
			
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 Agreed here too - I don't think it's a whole-season-worthy story arc.
I think Pike has been the best part of the show by far...and is one of my favourite Captains after this. It's too bad he's leaving in season 3 but I guess it was only meant to be a temporary assignment. 
Wonder if Saru would be up to the job when he's gone?
Though I believe they'll likely get a new captain/acting captain that's not yet part of the cast. 
So latest ep. 
I thought the funeral/send off scene was nice. Quite heartfelt. 
...don't know about replacing the character with another one played by the same chick...but ok...